A decent CD: not a lot of new material, though some of it seems fairly rare. Mostly this is a collection of rough versions of things later released in a more polished form. A lot of this is just Julian Cope messing around with a guitar, a casiotone and not much else. I'd say three tracks here have a finished, fuller sound than the rest: _10_ (faster), _11_ (weird), _17_ (Mid-tempo). Fast: _7_ (upbeat, later a B-side); _10_ (full sound); 16 Mid-tempo: 4 (solid love song); 15 (odd funk medley. Eh.); _17_ Slow: 2 (organ sound); 3 (weirdly low-fi); 5; 8; _9_ (weird, pianoy, cool); 12 (spacey, go well with Gothic); 13; 14 (spacey, like psychedelic rock) Warnings: 3 is very weird, and probably not in a good way. Julian Cope whispers over some music buried way in the background. A later, better version is available, but if you go for this one, watch out for the extremely quiet beginning. 15 a funk medley of a Clinton a Zappa and a couple of Copes. Probably not as cute as it sounds. 30 seconds of spoken introduction. -- JB (doom)